Thursday, February 21, 2013

Library budgets in the UK are also on the chopping block. For "Love Your
Library Day” earlier this month, a wee library in Scotland found some creative
ways to encourage attendance for the event. Among the somewhat controversial offerings were free pole dancing classes and ‘booky table tennis’, which used (or abused) books as paddles. No reports regarding an increase in circulation (books, that
is), but the Mayfield librarians were thrilled by the community turnout.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

After 55 years, an overdue book, Fire of Francis Xavier, was recently mailed back to the Fort
Washington Branch of the New York Public Library. While the late fee would’ve
only been the cost of the book, a check for $100 was enclosed. The library’s
records don’t go back to 1958 so the borrower can’t be traced. The library won’t
reveal the name on the check.

Two books checked out by George Washington in 1789 have yet to be returned. Adjusted fines are over $300,000.